The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-01-21

1is Tackles = Deaf Witness and
Gets W0rsted.
Several yerrs ago. while Antrim com
g.. Mich. Das Ia primitive stale ~ CIV
ilizuicn breach az promise salt S>nr
hrf..rr >,.e rltrnif court M I'k Rapids
1e.~ p'xi .'iI. one Eliza Spoorer. 81
legged that W...ian smith hal tfided
with her yonng affections seriously
mach. lie had. Nv promise 70 marry ;.
5ndnred her 10 give up one samuel
jcnes. who was also m sdns.rcr o. hers.
oui WHO. under The sm<it cf her refusal.
had since joined ni'n.c.i Ia the onnd< "a
holy inatrlmon, 10 Lucy skinner. and.
IN .eAssqucnct. wss noN out ~ market
witch tho sanr party claimed hal
blishtef her fonde~i hopes. aud cat
about elias worth OF gloom over her ia
eu'a.
The plaintiffs principal witness was
.Uncle' Dave Bseiey. lie Was over -
and very deaf Que Of his pscuii&riIis-
Vas 70 alwsss answer s question, aud Il
made no difference whether he under
stooa l,.or net; bis reply Was ready.
Tie lawyer Tor lie defense was = liz
tie. Rs'hoa'i>. ch0ieric man named
6omcrs, and this was his cross examlna-
ton ~ CArie bsssc>:
"Mr. bsSiey. yDo nave taken solemn
ossh 10 TEL. The truth. the Whole .fllh.
and aolhlng but the truth. You 81.
t'sst upon certain night yon saw said
Llizs j. Hponner and William Saith
tac man before you--togcther. You a
80 said that they were sestei upon M
Spooner's bsck porch. Now you vii
please state to the jury the exact dsle o.
Shis occurrence
.'L;zy Jane S,ooner was : settin' on
Bill Smiths lap. an ne--'
mo. no. Hold on" interrupted
eomers, Sharply. Answer my question
direct, xni unsquivscAlis."
.Biil had his arm around her . hug
e;n' her." pursued Lie old man eompl2'
Gently.
Tie defense g'nred sugrily ~ the wit
ness. and then glanced around tue court
room. Livery one wore look q sx
treme felicity that WAS little calculated
70 sooth his rnfiled temper Turning x
The witness again he ssid emphatIcaiss
~You do not seem 10 crich my mean
ing. | simply asked the date OF this oc'
currence,r
sY4as. that's what I said. Kissed hel
fcrty-scven times in iess'n twenty min
Otes, an then -"
Somsrs paved the atmosphere excited
II aud hogiet:
.Wbcr did this occur?"
sOni Wv didn't e say so aforc. youn(
maui" Then, rsncctiyely .Wasl b.
in : { I'm uader oatn l sh'd jedge X
might ben leetle AFTER II O'Clock
night
The lawyer nearly choked, bat seeing
that he was fact losing ground with IN
jury, be partially rallied snd said quit'
slowly:
4 mean the date. What vas the DAT
OF this ~
aOh! sh'd jedgs she cot on his IL,
half an hour, u then they changed of 4
be aot on
This was too much. The juryme'
we're ell convulsed- win laughter Tn
judges solemn face widened into . grin
SomeEs jumped Up aud began speakinl
exciseiiy.
Uncle Dave watched him for two q
three minutes. aud then. thinking tina
be wss talking about Miss Spooner, b
sqnssked out:
Nov you look here. young Teller
don't e never say ncthin' azin LIZ
Jane. Lily Jsne's e hue er al : eve
irod shoe leather. faint n0rhin' agil
her II Bill Smith coded her up 70 thin,
he'd splice np with hsr."
But the oil man Was removed from
che box. aud ~ re walked down th
room BE grovied ont:
-'E young a. trap! Il may fool
yonng "a! oul en- her teller. bot . can
cod : mold msn Ike Jnc'c Dave BAG
leg. No Sire. .7--Dclroit free Press.